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Scientific revolution
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The Scientific Revolution
By Jason Neiffer
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4. What Was the Scientific
Revolution?
• A revolution in human understanding and knowledge about
the physical universe
• 17th century
• Began with Kepler, Galileo
• Ended with Newton
5. “Science” Before
the Scientific Revolution
• Based almost entirely
on reasoning
• Experimental method
or observation wasn’t
used at all
• Science in medieval
times
• Alchemy
• Astrology
A medieval alchemist
6. Factors Leading to
the Scientific Revolution
• Rise of
universities
• Contact with
non-Western
societies
• The
Renaissance
• Exploration
7. Rationalism
• Reason, not tradition, is the
source of all knowledge
• René Descartes (1596–1650)
• French philosopher and
mathematician
• Cogito ergo sum (“I think,
therefore, I am”)
• Deductive reasoning
René Descartes
8. Empiricism
• The belief that experience is
the only true source of
knowledge
• Roger Bacon
• Shift toward empiricism a
hallmark of the Scientific
Revolution
• Helped lead to the
development of the scientific
method
Roger Bacon
9. Francis Bacon and
the Scientific Method
• 1561–1626
• English philosopher and
empiricist
• Inductive reasoning
• Argued for experimental
methodology
10. The Scientific Method
Science as a multiple-step process:
1. Observe an 2. Develop a 3. Test the
object or theory that theory with
phenomenon explains the experiments
object or
phenomenon
11. Roots of Scientific Thought:
Aristotle
• 4th century BCE Greek
philosopher and scientist
• Wrote several scientific works
• His work laid the foundation for
scientific study through the
medieval era
• Gravity/Theory of falling objects
• Astronomy: Crystal spheres
12. Roots of Scientific Thought:
Ptolemy
• 2nd century CE Greek
astronomer, mathematician,
and geographer
• The Almagest (Syntaxis)
• Geocentric (earth-centered)
model of the universe
• Motion of the planets